Daily Reflections
Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared in Mexico in 1531 as the pregnant mother of the Son of God, Jesus the Christ. She appeared to Juan Diego, a simple widower, who is now the first canonized saint indigenous to the Americas. The Virgin Mary holds a special place in the Mexican…
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“Actions Speak Louder than Words.” If I had a dollar for every time my mother said this phrase growing up, we would all be going out for a steak dinner. She said it so often that it is part of me now. One can talk all he likes, but if…
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Recently while sitting down with my boys and talking to them about our faith, I asked them to name their favorite story from the Bible. My eight-year-old remained quiet for a minute, then answered, “The one where they go up on the mountain and see Moses and Elijah.” His choice…
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In his Confessions, St. Augustine cried out in prayer to God, at a point of despair of not being able to follow Jesus Christ fully and give up his concubine. He heard a child’s voice saying, “Take and read.” He opened St. Paul’s Letter to the Romans 13:13-14 and read…
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God’s Work of Salvation Today the Church celebrates Mary’s Immaculate Conception. The readings of today present us with the themes of sin and salvation. In this scenario, Mary stands as a bridge between the old and new dispensation. The old being the fall, what could be described as the triumph…
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Every activity has a break time, and every work has a recess. Nothing in life works non-stop, because we exist in a time that never ends, even if we cease to exist. In life we work very hard to have comfort and reap the fruits of our labor. However, each…
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A man was wrongly accused, and the king condemned him to life imprisonment. From prison, he continued to write to the king and insisted on his innocence. He pleaded with him each time he wrote to review his case. Several years passed and the king did not rescind his judgment.…
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GVM is a non-profit organization, and Father Maurice and I receive no financial compensation for our work with the ministry. However, it takes money to keep the website running, updated, and secure. It takes money to support Catholic missionaries in the jungles of Guyana, and to build the St. Faustina…
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Today’s readings ask us to ponder our personal relationship with our God. When you take our daily lives in the balance despite the trials and challenges we go through from time-to-time, our Lord brings us through. And when we look more intently upon those daily challenges some don’t seem to…
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